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‘Recovery of the remainder of the Hector’s cargo plundered at Busheab represented as improbable.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists mostly of copies of correspondence and memoranda cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay. It concerns the cargo plundered from the Hector by the Sheikh of Busheab [Shaikh of Nakhīlū], and the possibility of recovering the cargo or the balance ou...
‘Slave Trade in the Red Sea & Persian Gulf. Vol: 2’
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This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Gover...
‘Persian Gulf. Affairs of the Chief of Lingah – Vol: 5’
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This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Po...
‘Persian Gulf. Relative to certain vessels employed in the – Vol: 3’
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This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2324/120974. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Poli...
‘Muscat. Relative to the disbursements of the Hon[our]able Company’s Agent at.~’
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions, cited in, or enclosed with, an extract of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 16 September 1850. The item relates to the payment of expenses incurred b...
‘Regarding the Plans & Sections called for of the Aden Seaward Defences’
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, extracts of two Military Letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 4 September and 16 October 1850 respectively. The item relates to the delay in supplying the ...
‘Overland Communication. Letters etc for the Governor General by the Bi Monthly Mail to be sent from Aden via Bombay to His Excellency’s Camp’
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, which form partial enclosures to a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 30 September 1845. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2142/102302, alongside details of furt...
‘Persian Gulf Report by the Resident in the – of the punishment of five of the individuals concerned in an assault on a British subject – Vol: 5’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the fifth in a se...
‘Persian Gulf – Certain Merchants of Bombay solicit that they may be recommended to the protection of the Resident in the – Vol: 13’
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This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Government of Bombay. It is the thi...
‘Muskat. Rule established by His Highness the Imam of – that all vessels belonging to his subjects sailing from any of his Ports carry passes authenticated by Her Majesty’s consul and the Hon’ble Company’s Agent – Vol: 7’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Cons...